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My PC is shutting down with no warning and no shutdown protocol errors arriving on the desktop. What seems to be happening is when a program, such as a game runs, the processor whirs and then the PC cuts power after a couple minutes into the game. The computer then won't reboot for about 15 minutes with the PC having to be completely unplugged then re-plugged before the startup will begin. Has anyone heard of this problem or come across it before, if so, any advice? Could it be installed sofeware?
My PC is shutting down with no warning and no shutdown protocol errors arriving on the desktop. What seems to be happening is when a program, such as a game runs, the processor whirs and then the PC cuts power after a couple minutes into the game. The computer then won't reboot for about 15 minutes with the PC having to be completely unplugged then re-plugged before the startup will begin. Has anyone heard of this problem or come across it before, if so, any advice? Could it be installed sofeware?
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OK,
My PC is shutting down with no warning and no shutdown protocol errors arriving on the desktop. What seems to be happening is when a program, such as a game runs, the processor whirs and then the PC cuts power after a couple minutes into the game. The computer then won't reboot for about 15 minutes with the PC having to be completely unplugged then re-plugged before the startup will begin. Has anyone heard of this problem or come across it before, if so, any advice? Could it be installed sofeware?
My PC is shutting down with no warning and no shutdown protocol errors arriving on the desktop. What seems to be happening is when a program, such as a game runs, the processor whirs and then the PC cuts power after a couple minutes into the game. The computer then won't reboot for about 15 minutes with the PC having to be completely unplugged then re-plugged before the startup will begin. Has anyone heard of this problem or come across it before, if so, any advice? Could it be installed sofeware?
Could your processor be overheating? Some computers shut down for obvious reasons if that happens, and you can set this option in the BIOS.
Hazelld wrote:
> processor whirs
Since when do processors whir? They run at Ghz speeds, that frequency is off human hearing by a long way.
> processor whirs
Since when do processors whir? They run at Ghz speeds, that frequency is off human hearing by a long way.
He must have meant the fan on the heatsink.
It certainly does sound like an overheat problem. Is the heatsink/fan powerful enough? Did you install the processor yourself? If there is no thermal paste on the chip it'll heat up in no time.
It certainly does sound like an overheat problem. Is the heatsink/fan powerful enough? Did you install the processor yourself? If there is no thermal paste on the chip it'll heat up in no time.
It could also be your PSU, try another one if possible, this can cause shutdowns and random reboots.
One possibility is that you have a thermal protection setting in your BIOS turned on. And with too low a trigger. Say you have it set at 50 degrees, well under full load, like in a game, that sort of temperature could be reached. Whereas in some things, like typing a letter, which is far far less CPU intensive, it wouldn't be under such loads and would be better able to cope. Just a thought.
The whir would most likely be either a fan, however most fans should be whirring already.....it might be your hard-drive that is starting to whir or possibly your cd/dvd drive.....
Are you using a power surge multiplug?
Also I'd recommend getting your ram checked out, use something like memtest
Hope this helps
Are you using a power surge multiplug?
Also I'd recommend getting your ram checked out, use something like memtest
Hope this helps
Thanks for your help everyone, i'll try a few of those things. taka-Q your useless, why even waste time saying that, everone else knew what i meant.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Hazelld wrote:
> Thanks for your help everyone, i'll try a few of those things. taka-Q
> your useless, why even waste time saying that, everone else knew what
> i meant.
> Thanks.
Triarii had already basically answered the question, so I felt it was pointless to repeat what had be said, but I decided correcting you knowledge, and I'm quite suprissed you have a heat sensative fan on you heat sink if you don't no what was causing the problem. I assumed that you would have ment the Hard Drive, as that does whir.
> Thanks for your help everyone, i'll try a few of those things. taka-Q
> your useless, why even waste time saying that, everone else knew what
> i meant.
> Thanks.
Triarii had already basically answered the question, so I felt it was pointless to repeat what had be said, but I decided correcting you knowledge, and I'm quite suprissed you have a heat sensative fan on you heat sink if you don't no what was causing the problem. I assumed that you would have ment the Hard Drive, as that does whir.
sry is it just me but the speed of a processor refers to the cycles per second or operations per second and has nothing to do with any moving parts to make a sound. So why would a really slow processor make a noise?
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